Timeline Watch

Breitling  Chrono Tachy-Telemeter

U.S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese in Yangtze River

1937 Breitling Porcelain dial Chronograph Telemeter and Tachymeter scales, 36.8mm. case.

By the end of 1930s, there was a need for more robust and also waterproof watches, so they could be used for military purposes. They were smaller than the pocket watches, and they had larger crowns and pushers. These characteristics made it possible for watches to be worn on the wrist and with gloves.



Jerry Seinfeld, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Miles Davis all wear (or wore) a vintage Breitling Navitimer with black & white dial.












Throughout the 1930s to 50s, Breitling continued creating chronographs with different scales to suit different professions, such as tachometers for production engineers and drivers, and pulsometers for doctors.